1 BROMELETTER THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE BROMELIAD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA INC. bromeliad.org.au ISSN 2208-0465 (Online) Vol 56 No 5 - September / October 2018.

Upcoming Speakers: September: Shade / Begonias - Ross Bolwell October : Planter’s Patch—Galston - Sonia Cameron

BROMELETTER is published bi-monthly at Sydney by The Bromeliad Society of Australia Incorporated. Deadlines for articles:15th of February, April, June, August, October and December, To allow for publishing in the first week of March, May, July, September, November and January.

2 CONTENTS Management Details 2,3,15,18,19 Of The Month, Margaret Draddy Artistic Comp - July 4,5 July Discussion 6 by Derek Butcher 7,8,13 Frost - compiled by the Editor 9,10 CIPUROPSIS, A NEW by Chris Larson 11 Bromeliad Fair 12 Aechmea manzanaresiana Plant Of The Month, Margaret Draddy Artistic Comp; Q&A - August 14,15 Workshop & photos 17

COMMITTEE President Ian Hook 0408 202 269 (president @bromeliad.org.au) Vice President(1), Kerry McNicol 0439 998 049 & Editor ([email protected]) Vice President (2) Meryl Thomas 0401 040 762 Secretary Carolyn Bunnell 02 9649 5762 Treasurer Alan Mathew 02 9516 5976 Member Helga Nitschke 0447 955 562 Member Patricia Sharpley 0439 672 826 Member Bob Sharpley 0409 361 778 Member Joy Clark 02 4572 3545 Member John Noonan 02 9627 5704 Member Ron Farrugia 02 9533 2546

BROMELIAD SOCIETIES AFFILIATED WITH THE BROMELIAD SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA INC. Bromeliad Society of Victoria. Cover: The Secretary, P.O. Box 101, Darling. Vic. 3145 Edmundoa ‘Alvim Seidel Caboolture & Districts Brom. Society Inc., The Secretary, P.O. Box 748, Caboolture Qld. 4510. By Kerry Booth-Tate Cairns Bromeliad Society Inc . The Secretary, P.O. Box 28, Cairns. Qld. 4870 Gold Coast Succulent & Brom. Society Life Members: The Secretary, P.O. Box 452, Helensvale Plaza Qld. 4212. The Hunter Bromeliad Society Inc., Grace Goode O.A.M C/- Ron Brown 59 Barton St, Mayfield. NSW 2304. Ruby Ryde Townsville Bromeliad Study Group, Bill Morris C/- Barb Davies, 5 Sharp St, MT LOUISA. Qld 4814. NT Bromeliad Society Inc Ron Farrugia C/- Ross Hutton, PO Box 36283, Winnellie. NT 0821 Graham McFarlane Ian Hook Material for Bromeletter – address to: [email protected] All other correspondence to: The Secretary, Bromeliad Society of Australia Inc., P.O. Box 340, RYDE NSW 2112.

3 OFFICE BEARERS Book Sales & Librarian Ian Hook Member Secretary & Purchasing Officer Kerry McNicol Catering Helga Nitschke; Lydia Hope Raffle Sales Peter Fitzgerald Pots,Labels etc Sales Ron Farrugia Plant of the Month / Show Registrar Terence Davis Show Co-ordinator/s Ian Hook / Terence Davis Show Display Joy Clark Publicity Officer Di Tulloch

Treasurer’s Report Treasurer Alan Mathew gave the following details Operating Account to June 30 2018 Opening cash at bank $ 33 738.41 Income: 648.87 Expenses 784.32 Bank Statement as at June 30 2018 $ 33 602.96 Operating Account to July 31 2018: Opening cash at bank $ 33 602.96 Income: 787.90 Expenses 1 787.32 Closing cash at bank July 31 2018 $ 32 603.54

WEBSITES Bromeliads in Australia (BSA Website) http://bromeliad.org.au Encyc of Bromeliads http://encyclopedia.florapix.nl/ BSI Cultivar Register http://registry.bsi.org/ Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies http://fcbs.org/ Bromeliario Imperialis http://imperialia.com.br/ Facebook users: search for the group ‘Planet Bromeliad’ & associated ’Planets & Moons’ sub-groups for Bromeliad Enthusiasts.

September Meeting: Sept 8th Federation Pavilion Castle Hill Showground Don’t for- BSA SPRING SHOW - 22/23 September 2018 get a mug Federation Pavilion Saturday 9am to 4.00pm Sunday 10am to 3.00pm Bromeliad Fair - 27/28 October See flyer P12 for details

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Plant of the Month July 2018 Open Judge’s Choice. 1st T.Rutschmann’s Orange Carolyn Bunnell 2nd Bill. ‘Golden Joy’ Carolyn Bunnell 3rd T. ixiodes Ron Farrugia Open Members’ Choice 1st T.Rutschmann’s Orange Carolyn Bunnell 2nd Crypt. ‘’Volcano’ Ron Farrugia 3rd Bill. ‘Golden Joy’ Carolyn Bunnell = 3rd Alc. vinicolor Helga Nitschke

T.Rutschmann’s Orange

Bill. ‘Golden Joy’

T.ixiodes

Alc. vinicolor Crypt. ‘Volcano’

5 Plant of the Month July 2018 cont. Novice Judge’s Choice 1st Vriesea lubbersii Gordon Blanch 2nd Till disticha Elizabeth Mudriczki 3rd triangulare Elizabeth Mudriczki Novice Members’ Choice 1st Canistrum triangulare Elizabeth Mudriczki 2nd Vriesea lubbersii Gordon Blanch 3rd Till ionantha Harold Kuan Margaret Draddy Artistic Competition. 1st ‘Trilogy’ Pauline Blanch 2nd ‘Looks Like?’ Carolyn Bunnell 3rd ‘Winter Solitude’ Christine Johnson =3rd ‘Bad Hair Day’ Charlie Moraza

Vriesea lubbersii Tillandsia ionantha Canistrum triangulare Tillandsia disticha

MDAC: clockwise from left - ‘Trilogy’ Pauline Blanch; ‘Bad Hair Day’ Charlie Moraza; ‘Looks Like?’ Carolyn Bun- nell; ‘Winter Solitude’ Chris- tine Johnson

6 July Meeting Q&A

Julie Evans brought in her ‘mini’ pineapple (Ananus nanus) and will donate for a prize . The advice from Ian Hook was 1. Cut off the top and let it dry out then try your luck and plant… 2. Sit it on top of the soil in a sunny spot. Then. . . . Perhaps whoever gets them in the raffle can let the meeting know what happens. Warrell Evans brought in a generous pot of Acanthostychys strobilacea which she has had since 1984. Ian explained that this genera of bromeliads has only two - strobiolacae and pitcairnioides. It is found in Ar- gentina. The long fronds/ leaves divide with small pineapple like flowers at the division. It is slow growing in Sydney. IH also explained that pitcairnioides flowers from underground with a froth of white marbles which are seed pods.

Ian spoke of a discussion he had with Harold Kuan about how to register an unknown plant. He gave the example of Aechmea ‘Miraculous Find’. The full story can be found at www.bromeliad.org.au. The short version follows. Ian’s bought this plant as an unknown in 2002(his plant was given the temporary name of Aechmea ‘Weedy Hook ‘). The plant has spread widely in Austral- ia, and some thought it could be Ae. Podantha, but this was obvi- ously wrong, and some thought it could be a nudicaulis /fasciata cross, as evidenced by the dimple at the bottom of leaves. 'Miraculous Find' is an anagram of nudicau- lis 'Form' to which it does have some re- semblance.

Ian also brought in an unknown nidularium. No-one could iden- tify it, however, the editor (absent on the day) believes it could be a Vriesea guttata ‘hybrid’ which she also has in plentiful sup- ply (acquired as Vriesea ‘sanderiana’, about which no infor- mation can be found). Input gratefully accepted.

7 Edmundoa by Derek Butcher May 2018 It has taken us some time to accept that Edmundoa is a special sort of the old Can- istrum. I try to think of them as having hairy flowers! I had always thought that Ed- mundoa ambigua had red primary bracts even though this is not mentioned in the description but recent photos on Florapix has shown these can be green. This start- ed me pondering why we had var rosea. In the 1980’s we had Key to Varieties and Forms ofCanistrum lindenii 1. Primary and outer bracts yellowish white to nearly white, sometimes faintly green at apex; inflores-cence 100-500-flowered. var lindenii. Inflorescence sunk in the centre of the rosette or raised only slightly var lindenii forma lindenii. Inflorescence raised 20 cm or more above the centre of the rosette. var lindenii forma elatum. 2. Primary and outer bracts coloured green or rose; inflorescence 50-90- flowered. Primary outer bracts green var viride. Inflorescence sunk in the centre of the rosette or raised only slightly var viride forma parvum. Inflorescence raised 20 cm or more above the center of the rosette. var viride forma magnum. 3. Primary and outer bracts rose to bright red. var roseum. Inflorescence sunk in the center of the rosette or raised only slightly. var roseum forma humile. Inflorescence raised 15 cm or more above the center of the rosette. var roseum forma procerum. Then in 1997 we had Edmundoa lindenii [(Regel) Leme, var. lindenii Canistrum – Brom Atl. Forest 46-51. 1997] where all the varieties disappeared except for var. rosea This is what Leme had to say at the time. After examining numerousE. lindenii plants in the wild, Reitz (1950, 1952) ar- ranged this material in varieties and forms, separating the type variety with its yel- lowish, whitish or greenish tipped bracts from the variety viride with its entirely green bracts. He subdivided these varieties into forms based on the length of the floral scape (inflorescence sunken or raised). He used the same criterion to establish forms for the variety rosea, and also mentioned the smaller number of flowers in this variety when compared to the type variety. Reitz's criteria were discarded here because, though very logical from an horticul- tural point of view, they are decidedly artificial. The color gradation of the involucral and primary bracts, from yellowish to whitish to green, falls within a very narrow

8 range of chromatic variation, so much so that some specimens even have a combination of these colors (yellowish or whitish with a green- ish apex). Furthermore, in the post- flowering stage, the yellowish- whitish bracts may become green- ish toward the apex (pers. obs.). The continued use of this criterion would encourage the establish- ment of numerous, biologically in- consistent varieties. For this rea- son, the variety viride with its entirely green bracts was considered to be a mere color variation of the type variety, and was therefore placed in synonymy. The creation of forms based on scape length was also seen as artificial. I observed that specimens with a well-developed scape, that raised the inflorescence well above the rosette, became more compact and produced much shorter scapes when grown in culti- vation, under a uniform, more intense light regime. The inflorescence was no longer perched above the rosette in these plants. Obviously, the variability that so strongly influenced Reitz is seen in the wild. But given the overall variation pattern of the species, this criterion becomes inconsistent and artificial, and segregates plants nomenclaturally that are practically identical. The taxonomic forms based on this criterion are placed in synonymy. The number of flowers also varies according to the stoutness of the plant and is discarded here. Despite his reasoning Elton Leme still accepted var. rosea for its red primary bracts. We now see Edmundoa lindenii var. rosea (E.Morren) Leme: Considered a synonym of the type variety - Reflora (cont.upd.)Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/ (Retrieved 28.3. 2018). In 1997 Leme also reported, “In Rio Grande do Sul, var. lindenii and var. rosea are sympatric and may be found in the same area (J. C. da Silva, pers. Comm). The reason I am saying this is that Peter Tristram of New South Wales, Australia received seed called Edmundoa lindenii from Rio de Janeiro Bot. Garden which had red primary bracts on flowering. Has this instability in colour of primary bracts been noted by other seed raisers? Or has the Rio de Janeiro Bot. Gardens dropped the use of ‘var. rosea’? cont p13

9 FROST and BROMELIADS DON’T MIX! Recounted by the Editor My sister-in law and I set off on our annual trip to the Nambour Garden Festi- val as usual at the beginning of July. The frost cloth was in places as were the plastic ‘walls’ for the shade houses. Plants moved away from exposure to frost, so that our dutiful husbands would not have to tippy-toe out in the cold to cover any plants if frost was threatening. We didn’t count on a –4.5ºC and a couple of mornings nearly as cold. No frost cloth or covering made much difference. It went where no frost has gone before! The pictures tell the story.

Alc. Silver plum . . . it might be ok! (left)

2 weeks later - No such luck (right)

Aechmeas Alcantarea are very seemed sensitive hardier than Neos!

Even ‘inside’ didn’t escape! What is frost? Frost is normally formed on still, clear and cold nights. The cool air causes water vapour in the air to condense and form droplets on the ground. When the tempera- ture of the ground or surface is below 0 °C the moisture freezes into ice crystals - known as the frost point. Frost causes damage when water inside cells freezes, expands and bursts plant cells. The damage is rarely obvious until the plant thaws, because the ice holds the plant rigid. Frost can damage cell walls and cell contents of actively growing plants Frost is more likely in low lying area on a clear night with little or no wind.

Cont . . P 10 10 Frost Protection Tips. (Partly from: Gardening Australia Website)  Ensure you water plants well (plump water-filled cells take longer to freeze) maybe with a seaweed-based solution, which may help them develop an internal resistance to frost. Seaweed solution takes about a week to take effect if you spray it on the leaves, and two to three weeks if applied to the roots.  Biodegradable frost protection sprays work by creating a protective polymer film over the leaves and stems. These sprays are called 'anti-transpirants' and also help protect plants from drought, excess heat and sunburn.  Commercial ‘frost-cloth’ can be used to wrap/cover the plant from top to ground, to trap heat and stop a few degrees of cold, which is often all that is needed. It can be left on for long periods, day and night, because it allows rain and about 70% of light through. FINALLY, some seemingly radical thinking: FREEZE YOUR PLANTS TO KEEP THEM WARM! Thanks to Downe’s Wholesale ‘I thought I would do a little science lesson, as we Nursery , for permission to use often get asked about frost protection using overhead irriga- information & photos. tion. People are amazed when they see images of icicles hanging from our plants and can’t understand why they are not burnt to a crisp. Some spe- cies that have been frozen by the frost will show no damage even though they look frozen solid. Although I’m sure there are some science-minded people out there that can explain it better than I can, the basic principal is that when water freezes it releases la- tent heat – about 1 gram of water releases 80 calories of heat as it freezes. The mixture of ice and water exposed to below freezing point remains at zero degrees until all the water is frozen. Most plants do not suffer frost damage until the tempera- ture drops slightly below zero degrees because the freezing point of the plant tissue liquid is below that of water. The irrigation continues to layer water over the plants making ice until the air temperature rises above zero degrees Celsius. The biggest danger is applying water faster than any evaporating or stopping before the temperature rises above zero degrees. Evaporating water absorbs about 600 calories of heat per 1 gram of water which is why we sweat to keep cool. Bruce Munro Novice Champion Our irrigation system has temperature sensors that will start the irrigation cycle running as the temperature hits just about zero degrees Celsius. Each area runs the irrigation system for about 3 minutes – roughly every 30 minutes, lay- ing water over any ice forming which leaves beautiful icicles hanging from the plants. At the heart of the system is our massive pump station which can deliver water at 40 litres per second at 750kpa of pressure (a car tyre has about 100- 140kpa of pressure in it). ’

11 CIPUROPSIS, A NEW GENUS by Chris Larson Reprinted from the Journal of BSV June/July 2018

Cipuropsis subandina Based on Cipuropsis subandina. No-one knows C.subandina and it appears to not be in cul- tivation. Known only from the Type collection and “a few ad- ditional collections” No details of the petal struc- ture are known. Thought to be closest to Vriesea dubia

Cipuropsis amicorum Was Tillandsia amicorum, from Venezuela, found at altitude 1000m

Cipurosis asmussii New species – only just described, from Venezuela , altitude 1200 m There will be more to come as the taxonomists re-evaluate current species as well as new species and will possibly include Vriesea dubia.

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13 Edmundoa continued from p8 What has happened to all those varieties/forms mentioned by Reitz. Are they still being grown? What names are on the labels? There seems to be no record in the Bromeliad Cultivar Register other than the variegated E. ‘Alvim Seidel’ and ‘Brazil’. If var. rosea is treated with Edmundoa lindenii what will growers call the one with the red primary bracts. The ICNCP rules frowns on the use of col- our as a single word and we could go back to the Lectotype where Comte de Germiny is involved and call it Edmundoa ‘Germiny’ but somehow I cannot see this being noted by horticulturists. I can see Edmundoa ‘Rosea’ being accepted and acted upon, and that will be my course of action.

We have Flora do Brasil 2020 ignoring the existence of sub-species of Ed- mundoa lindenii and The World Checklist of selected Plant Families by Kew Gardens preferring the genus name Canistrum to Edmundoa which makes you wonder where we go next. While the botanists dither, at least having ‘Rosea’ in the BCR will give you a reference point

Aechmea manzanaresiana (From FNCBSG - April 2018) H. Luther, Selbyana 19(2): 218-226. 1998 Type: ECUADOR. Napo: new road Hollin--Loreto- Coca, 1,300 m elev., 27 Feb. 1988, Luther, Kress and Roesel 1276 (Holotype: SEL; Isotype: QCA, QCNE). In 2015 an opportunity arose to travel throughout Ecuador, our first thought was to research the available books for what Bromeliads we were likely to see. Of course Jewels of the Jungle of Ecuador by José M. Manzanares pages were studied at length. With so many amazing Bromeliads gracing the pages of those books one could only hope to see just a few of them. One plant crossed off the list was Aechmea manzanaresiana seen in its full blooming glory growing as an epiphyte in large clumps. The vibrant red to orange primary bracts make this plant easy to spot high in the trees at a distance when walking through the rainforest. When driving around the countryside we couldn’t help stop- ping at each sighting to take photographs. Ecuador - an unbelievable visual feast for Brome- liad enthusiasts.

Photos by Ross Little & Lesley Bayliss

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Plant of the Month Competition August 2018 Open Judge’s Choice. 1st Tillandsia funkiana ‘orange’ Carolyn Bunnell 2nd Aechmea recurvata Hybrid Carolyn Bunnell 3rd Tillandsia neglecta Ron Farrugia Open Members’ Choice 1st Tillandsia funkiana ‘orange’ Carolyn Bunnell 2nd Aechmea recurvata Hybrid Carolyn Bunnell 3rd pauciflora Lydia Hope

From top left, clockwise:

Tillandsia funkiana ‘orange’;

Aechmea recurvata Hybrid;

Tillandsia neglecta; Neoregelia pauciflora.

August Meeting Q&A A box of queries from Pamela had us scratching our heads, as these plants were non flowering and far from mature. Genus was guessed at, but species or hy- brid name will have to be left till they are more mature. One plant xSincoregelia ‘Galactic Warrior’ no longer had the red tinges. These need to have high light exposure to fulfill their potential and will lose colour if not in enough bright light. Cont. . p17

15 Plant of the Month Competition August 2018 cont. Judge’s & Members’ Choice Novice 1st Neoregelia ‘Wild Rabbit’ Elizabeth Mudriczki 2nd Neoregelia ‘Jack Smack’ Annamari Kilpinen 3rd Billbergia sanderiana Gordon Blanch Margaret Draddy Artistic Competition. 1st ‘Roche Blanche’ Peter Blackburn 2nd ‘Comata etc.’ Carolyn Bunnell 3rd ‘Crescendo’ Pauline Blanch

From top left, clockwise: Neoregelia ‘Wild Rabbit’; Neoregelia ‘Jack Smack’; “Crescendo’; ‘Comata etc’; Bill- bergia sanderiana; ‘Roche Blanche’

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We continue to attract new members into the Society and would like to welcome our most recent enthusiasts: Rosalie Verrel, Cliff Wiltshire, Vasa Selva, Robyn Laurenson and Beverley Ford. If you would like to become a Member, please see details below.

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17 It was time to begin our demonstration & workshop. Several of our more experienced growers spoke about mounting small bromeliads and the methods they use, from hanging from fishing line, drilling and wiring them to the mount, to gluing and or tying with hemp string. ‘Mounts‘ of ALL shapes and sizes were donated as were many small plants. Once these were chosen, the membership broke into five groups each led by an experi- enced grower. It was an industrious couple of hours interrupted only by after- noon tea and a cuppa, then it was back to it? The consensus was that it was a lot of fun and very enjoyable. A couple of our results are shown below.

What is Phytophthora Cinnamomi? FNCBSG February 2018 Phytophthora cinnamomi (phytophthora root rot) is an introduced plant pathogen (disease causing organism) that can cause disease and plant death in native vegeta- tion. Phytophthora cinnamomi belongs to a group of micro-organisms known as wa- ter moulds. Water moulds were once included in the fungi kingdom and, as a result, Phytophthora root rot has been called a fungus in earlier interpretation litera-ture. Water moulds have a motile or animal-like stage which fungi do not. As the name water mould suggests, it requires moist conditions to thrive. Its food source is the root and basal stem tissue of living plants. Phytophthora root rot grows as micro- scopic sized filaments (mycelium) within susceptible host plants. It consumes the host plant causing lesions (areas that appear rotten). This weakens or kills the plants by reducing or stopping the movement of water and nutrients within the plant. Cau- tion: remove all rotted areas of the plant back to clean tissue, treat with a fungicide or food grade cinnamon powder and allow to dry. Sterilise any implements used to trim infected plants with boiling water to avoid contaminating other plants. http://www.environment.gov.au/node/13929 It is ,perhaps a bit ironic that this disease, which decimated cinnamon crops, can be treated with cinnamon powder !

18 LITERATURE for Sale http://www.bromeliad.org.au/Contacts/BSALibrarian.htm TITLE AUTHOR PRICE Bromeliads for the Contemporary Garden Andrew Steens $20.00 Bromeliads: A Cultural Manual (Rev. ed. 2007) BSI $ 6.00 Bromeliad Hybrids 1: Neoregelias Margaret Paterson $25.00 Bromeliads Under the Mango Tree John Catlan $10.00 Bromeliad Cultivation Notes Lyn Hudson $10.00 Growing Bromeliads– 3rd Ed. by BSA IT”S BACK! Reprints should be available towards the end of September.

SEED BANK Thanks go to all those who have donated seed.

Seeds cost 50¢ per packet for Members and Seed Bank supporters (plus postage) or $1 per packet (plus postage) for all other enquiries: Enquiries for seeds should be directed to Terry Davis

(02) 9636 6114 or 0439 343 809 Below is the list of some of the most recently added seed to our Seed Bank. For a full list please go to bromeliad.org.au Neo kautskyi Jan 2018 Terry Davis Ques ‘Farro’ 11.02.18 Kerry McNicol Puya mirabilis 27.7.18 Ross Hutton Till. Gardneri 8. 8. 18 Terry Davis

Seed has been moving quickly, especially the more recent additions. SO if you have seed to donate please send it in or bring it to our next meeting.

What’s ON BSA SPRING SHOW - 22/23 September 2018 Federation Pavilion Saturday 9am to 4.00pm Sunday 10am to 3.00pm Bromeliad Fair - 27/28 October Seior Citizens Club 9/11 Wellbank St CONCORD BSA September Meeting: Shade Plants / Begonias - Ross Bolwell October Meeting : Planter’s Patch—Galston - Sonia Cameron November Meeting: Pressed flowers - Susan Lewis. Talk on the historical hall in Melbourne where the flower show is held.

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M. J. PATERSON ColleCtors’ Corner 212 Sandy Creek Road, BROMELIADS – a large colourful range of GYMPIE QLD 4570 Bromeliads, both species and hybrids of many A Large Range of Bromeliads For Sale, genera. Includes a very large range of Tillandsias. especially our own hybrid Neoregelias, A mail order list of Tillandsias is available upon request. Tillandsias, Cryptanthus and Vrieseas We also specialize in orchids, cacti, Do call in if you are up this way. succulents, hoyas, bonsai and But, please, phone first. carnivorous plants, PLUS gems, Phone/Fax: (07) 5482 3308. fossils, natural history, books E-mail: [email protected] and much MORE! Also available

810 Springvale Rd., Braeside Bromeliad Hybrids. “For My Own VIC 3195 Satisfaction” Book 1. PH: 03 9798 5845, FAX: 03 9706 3339 Neos. “For My Own Satisfaction” E-MAIL: [email protected] Book 2. Crypt., Til., Vr., etc. WEBSITE: www.collectorscorner.com.au Books available on-line at Open 9am-5pm 7 days a week. www.bromeliad-hybrids.com

MIDHURST BROMELIAD NURSERY Specialist Growers of Tillandsias and Other Genera. Hard grown to suit all Australian conditions. Wholesale and Mail Order only. Write for free price lists of tillandsia And other genera to: P.O. Box 612, Hurstbridge, Vic. 3099 Phone: (03) 9718 2887. Fax: (03) 9718 2760

E-mail: [email protected]

FOREST DRIVE NURSERY Prop: Peter Tristram. C/- P.O. BOX 2, BONVILLE NSW, 2441 (a few miles south of Coffs Harbor.) Specialising in SPECIES and VARIEGATES from mostly imported stock. TILLANDSIAS to titillate the most discerning fanciers. Beautiful VRIESEAS (including ‘silver’ species). GUZMANIAS, AECHMEAS, NEOREGELIAS, etc. Visitors welcome—phone first: (02) 6655 4130 A.H. Send S.A.E. for MAIL ORDER list of quality plants.

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